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Getting Computers to Think Like Us

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Philosophers can afford to be esoteric about what “thinking” and “human intelligence” really mean. Computer scientists, who build terminals and write programs that people actually interact with, have to be more pragmatic about what counts as smarts.

Read more on Search Magazine

People who look young ‘live for longer’

Monday, December 21st, 2009

The findings seem to offer proof that healthy lifestyles really do help people to stay young looking.

Scientists found that the oldest looking twin in a pair was the more likely of the two to die first.

Read more on Telegraph.co.uk

Everything You Need to Know About Swine Flu

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

The swine flu. Is it a deadly virus, which will wreak worldwide disaster? Or is it a less common mutation of regular seasonal influenza? Will millions of healthy adults die from exposure? What about healthy children? Or, will H1N1 kill only those with underlying medical conditions?

Read more on Fora.tv

Fatty acids your heart loves

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

There had been a lot of buzz about the benefits of eating fish long before September 2004, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration raised the profile of omega-3 fatty acids by saying they’re really good for your heart.

Read more on cbc.ca

Dieting Monkeys Offer Hope for Living Longer

Friday, December 18th, 2009

A long-awaited study of aging in rhesus monkeys suggests, with some reservations, that people could in principle fend off the usual diseases of old age and considerably extend their life span by following a special diet.

Read more on Real Result Fitness

What Happens to Your body if you stop smoking Right now?

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

I think one of the main reasons it’s so hard to quit smoking is because all the benefits of quitting and all the dangers of continuing seem very far away. Well, here’s a little timeline about some of the more immediate effects of quitting smoking and how that will affect your body RIGHT NOW.

Read more on Global One

Medibots: The world’s smallest surgeons Movie Camera

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

A MAN lies comatose on an operating table. The enormous spider that hangs above him has plunged four appendages into his belly. The spider, made of white steel, probes around inside the man’s abdomen then withdraws one of its arms. Held in the machine’s claw is a neatly sealed bag containing a scrap of bloody tissue.

Read more on New Scientist

Paul Matts: The secrets of looking young

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Procter & Gamble’s skincare scientist knows all the signs of youth and beauty – and how to keep them.

Read more at New Scientist

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